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CVE-2020-27678 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in illumos before 2020-10-22, as used in OmniOS before r151030by, r151032ay, and r151034y and SmartOS before 20201022. There is a buffer overflow in parse_user_name in lib/libpam/pam_framework.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/1d276e0b382cf066dae93640746d8b4c54d15452 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/1d276e0b382cf066dae93640746d8b4c54d15452 [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
illumos illumos
< 2020-10-22

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:illumos:illumos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
joyent smartos
< 20201022

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
omniosce omnios
< r151030by
>= r151032, <= r151032ay
>= r151034, < r151034y

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:omniosce:omnios:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:omniosce:omnios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-27678
NVD Published Date:
Oct 26, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-27678 Details - Not Deferred